Overview
Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Mental Health Liaison Team, a Psychiatric Liaison Service which works out of three Acute hospitals in Coventry, Nuneaton and Warwick. We have been success in securing funding to recruit additional Band 6 clinicians to join our expanding multidisciplinary team to enhance our service in line with the NHS 5 year Forward View for Mental Health to achieve a CORE 24 service. This will include in the near future develops into facilitating initial community follow- up in line with CORE 24 objectives.
We are strengthening our team and are looking for skilled, motivated and compassionate practitioners as we increase our hours of service and look to offer a more responsive and comprehensive service than ever before for people who attend A&E or are receiving care in a general hospital. You will need experience of working with people across a broad spectrum of mental disorders including people who self-harm or who are in mental health crisis or experiencing mental disorders associated with ageing.
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Responsibilities
Note: The job description references to responsibilities are embedded in the role description and expectations in the attached information. This section has been consolidated to reflect the role requirements described in the original posting as it relates to a Band 6 Mental Health Liaison Practitioner.
Qualifications and Requirements
* Professional registration in mental health nursing, social work or allied health professionals.
* A demonstrable level of clinical experience in Adult Mental Health/ Learning Disability and/or Older Adults Mental Health.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team.
* Passionate and committed to delivering a high standard of service and able to work in partnership with other teams and services including Acute Trust hospitals.
Employment Details
* Role: Mental Health Liaison Practitioner – Band 6
* Employment type: Permanent
* Service hours: MHLT operates 365 days a year and offers a 24 hour service to the Acute Trust hospitals. Band 6 posts require flexibility including weekends and nights across 3 sites.
Team and Working Environment
You will join a well established and supportive team of experienced practitioners including Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Support Workers and a Clinical Trainer to support new staff joining the team.
Locations
Mental Health Liaison Team works out of three Acute hospitals in Coventry, Nuneaton and Warwick.
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